# Not able to start elasticsearch-2.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 22, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-2-0/300339 "2022-03-22T13:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![siddarthhegde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@siddarthhegde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/siddarthhegde)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-2-0/300339/1 "2022-03-22T13:06:35Z")
Elasticsearch version 2.0 OS: Linux I am not able to start Elasticsearch and I am getting the following error: ```auto [ERROR][gateway] [Node] failed to read local state, exiting... ElasticsearchException[must specify numberOfShards for index [version]]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[must specify numberOfShards for index [version]]; at org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.maybeThrowRuntimeAndSuppress(ExceptionsHelper.java:163) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:309) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService.loadIndexState(MetaStateService.java:112) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService.loadFullState(MetaStateService.java:97) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.loadMetaState(GatewayMetaState.java:97) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.pre20Upgrade(GatewayMetaState.java:223) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.(GatewayMetaState.java:85) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.DefaultConstructionProxyFactory$1.newInstance(DefaultConstructionProxyFactory.java:56) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ConstructorInjector.construct(ConstructorInjector.java:86) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ConstructorBindingImpl$Factory.get(ConstructorBindingImpl.java:104) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter$1.call(ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.java:47) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorImpl.callInContext(InjectorImpl.java:865) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.get(ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.java:43) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Scopes$1$1.get(Scopes.java:59) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InternalFactoryToProviderAdapter.get(InternalFactoryToProviderAdapter.java:46) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.SingleParameterInjector.inject(SingleParameterInjector.java:42) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.SingleParameterInjector.getAll(SingleParameterInjector.java:66) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ConstructorInjector.construct(ConstructorInjector.java:85) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ConstructorBindingImpl$Factory.get(ConstructorBindingImpl.java:104) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter$1.call(ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.java:47) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorImpl.callInContext(InjectorImpl.java:865) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.get(ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.java:43) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Scopes$1$1.get(Scopes.java:59) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InternalFactoryToProviderAdapter.get(InternalFactoryToProviderAdapter.java:46) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.SingleParameterInjector.inject(SingleParameterInjector.java:42) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.SingleParameterInjector.getAll(SingleParameterInjector.java:66) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ConstructorInjector.construct(ConstructorInjector.java:85) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ConstructorBindingImpl$Factory.get(ConstructorBindingImpl.java:104) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter$1.call(ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.java:47) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorImpl.callInContext(InjectorImpl.java:865) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.get(ProviderToInternalFactoryAdapter.java:43) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Scopes$1$1.get(Scopes.java:59) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InternalFactoryToProviderAdapter.get(InternalFactoryToProviderAdapter.java:46) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorBuilder$1.call(InjectorBuilder.java:201) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorBuilder$1.call(InjectorBuilder.java:193) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorImpl.callInContext(InjectorImpl.java:858) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorBuilder.loadEagerSingletons(InjectorBuilder.java:193) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorBuilder.injectDynamically(InjectorBuilder.java:175) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.InjectorBuilder.build(InjectorBuilder.java:110) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Guice.createInjector(Guice.java:93) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Guice.createInjector(Guice.java:70) at org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder.createInjector(ModulesBuilder.java:47) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:198) at org.elasticsearch.node.NodeBuilder.build(NodeBuilder.java:145) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:270) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: must specify numberOfShards for index [version] at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument(Preconditions.java:122) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData.(IndexMetaData.java:208) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData.(IndexMetaData.java:65) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData$Builder.build(IndexMetaData.java:806) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData$Builder.fromXContent(IndexMetaData.java:917) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService$2.fromXContent(MetaStateService.java:186) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService$2.fromXContent(MetaStateService.java:178) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.read(MetaDataStateFormat.java:185) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:299) ... 49 more ``` I have even tried to add the shards in the yml file but still not able to start the Elasticsearch. I would like to ask the community to help resolve this issue and help in starting the Elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-2-0/300339/2 "2022-03-22T13:06:35Z")
Elasticsearch version 2.0 is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) and no longer supported. Please upgrade ASAP. (This is an automated response from your friendly Elastic bot. Please report this post if you have any suggestions or concerns :elasticheart: ) ---
**Author:** ![siddarthhegde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@siddarthhegde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/siddarthhegde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-2-0/300339/3 "2022-03-30T07:24:17Z")
We went ahead and restored the server to the prior date when Elasticsearch was working, and the issue was resolved. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-2-0/300339/4 "2022-04-27T07:24:54Z")
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